Do You Alienate Your "Friends" On Social Media?
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(December 30, 2020 08:14 PM)
As long as you're sincere… I'm curious about the movie one. Is it over specific movies, or movies in general?
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(December 31, 2020 01:09 PM)
ahhhh, that one
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Livingness — 5 years ago(January 01, 2021 09:40 PM)
I never discuss politics in an open online setting like that. People are much more emotional in the online format than they would otherwise be. Discussions become arguments and not debates and nothing is gained.
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Ⲥⲏⳕⲥⲕⲁⲃⲟⲟⲙ — 5 years ago(January 01, 2021 10:24 PM)
Are these strictly online friends or RL friends as well?
As for online "friends", I don't care about alienating them, because they're just strangers to me. Whether or not they agree with my opinions is not my concern. On the other hand, my RL friends already know where I stand on socio-political issues and most of us are like-minded in that regard, so we don't butt heads in opposition very often.
Many of the people on social media tend to be nothing more than a bunch of pseudo-intellectual poseurs who you really wouldn't want to socialize with offline anyway. People online are extremely fickle, so it's best not to waste your time trying to placate them by playing it 'safe'. Don't censor yourself.
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(January 01, 2021 11:10 PM)
All my friends on Facebook are people I've met.. Some classmates I wouldn't consider friends, but the only ones who comment are people I am friends (or family) with, or was friendly with in school.
Most people I know on there play it safe, so this only makes me do the opposite. I'll never talk to most of those people face-to-face (or any other way), so I don't mind pissing off a few people to hopefully say what is on their subconscious minds. I always welcome "debate", but never get it.
However, I have received a handful of private messages saying "You know, I agree with you, but…" usually followed by, "I don't wanna get ****"
I figure I have nothing to lose. In the past, I thought by criticizing both schools of thought would alienate people in the artistic circle, but I'm not going to silence myself for measly dollars - I have to live with myself.
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(January 02, 2021 03:46 PM)
[thumbs up]
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